Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving celebration here at the home this last week.  I invited 5 of my friends who helped us make a great feast involving Shrimp Boil, Fried Pickles, Ginger Lemonade, Biscuits, Apple Crisp, Banana Pudding, and more.

It's hard to be thankful sometimes when things don't go as planned.  It's hard to serve and shower love on people who are ungrateful.  I've been robbed multiple times since I've been living here, mostly small stuff, but it's hard to feel safe.

It was really cool seeing my friends here in the home where I live.  Altinai went off with the girls and had a grand time, one of my students cleaned and prepped the piano for tuning, and another one made Banana pudding.  :)  And I think everyone really enjoyed food and felt the love that went into it.  So, even if everything's not the way I wanted it to be, I am very thankful for this tradition, for the abundance God's blessed me with, both in having the money to spend $40 on one meal (once a year), and the love to be able to overflow even when I feel worn out and burned out.